Recap

Hitters vs PPP

Week 9

 

• Hitters
• 138.65 pts, 6-3
• Weekly Grade

 

 

• Porky Pigmy Pyxies
• 119.85 pts, 3-6
• Weekly Grade

Hitters got the highest point total in the league this week and erased a 4.15-point deficit on Monday night. They defeated Porky Pigmy Pyxies 138.65 to 119.85. Porky Pigmy Pyxies has had a bad run after losing their third in a row. Porky Pigmy Pyxies was coming off an 88.73 to 73.49 loss against Hooligans and saw their scoring explode this week. Hitters (6-3, 984.72 points) climbs into third place and Porky Pigmy Pyxies (3-6, 896.29 points) sinks into 13th place.

Top Players

• • Jared Goff
  • 39.55
 
• • Alvin Kamara
  • 30.20
 
• • Matthew Stafford
  • 29.05
 
• • Robert Woods
  • 23.00

Smooth Moves by Hitters

• Winning make you feel warm and fuzzy? Coincidentally, Toyota Hall of Fame inductees get a gold jacket that is both warm and quite fuzzy.
• With 30.20 points, Alvin Kamara ranked sixth in the league in scoring this week and had the fifth-highest score of any player on Hitters this season.
• Matthew Stafford put up 29.05 points, which was the eighth-highest score in the league this week.
• Put WR Willie Snead on the bench, where he scored -3.00 points, fewer than any WR in the starting lineup.
• The 20.40 points scored by Christian McCaffrey was the fifth-highest score of any RB in the league this week.

Toyota Roster Tune-up

• It's OK, Porky Pigmy Pyxies. Losing happens. Not necessarily to Toyota Hall of Famers, but to other folks, sure.
• Curiosity killed the cat. It also killed Porky Pigmy Pyxies this week. They acquired and started the Green Bay Packers Defense, which then finished last on the team in scoring with 3.00 points.
• Porky Pigmy Pyxies lost despite having only 2 of their 8 starters score less than their projected points.
• The best offense is a good defense. Porky Pigmy Pyxies got beat 16.00 - 3.00 by Hitters at the DEF position.
• Porky Pigmy Pyxies was dominated at the TE position, scoring 7.80 points versus the 20.30 for Hitters.

What If

• If Hitters played Porky Pigmy Pyxies every week, they would be 4-5 this season.
• Hitters would've been undefeated if they played every team in the league this week.
• Were they resting their players for this week? Hitters would have defeated Porky Pigmy Pyxies 100.35 - 73.49 had they played each other last week.
• Hitters would be 5-3 if they played the same schedule as Porky Pigmy Pyxies.
• Hitters would be 84-51 if they played every team every week.
• Porky Pigmy Pyxies would have beaten every other team in the league besides Hitters this week.
• If they played the same schedule as Hitters, Porky Pigmy Pyxies would be 5-3.
• Porky Pigmy Pyxies would be 75-60 if they played every team every week.

Game Notes

• Hitters has won three times this year when their opponent scored higher than their season average.
• Three of the six losses for Porky Pigmy Pyxies this season have come when their opponent scores higher than their season average.
• This matchup featured the two highest-scoring teams in the league this week.
• Porky Pigmy Pyxies had the highest losing score in the league this season with 119.85 points.
• Abe Lincoln once said, "You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves." Somebody tell Jared Goff that. His 39.55 points led the league and was the 11th-most points scored this season, but Porky Pigmy Pyxies could not get the win.
• The 50.60 points by the RBs on Hitters was the season-high for combined points from the position.
• In comeback games this season, Hitters is now 4-1, including wins in their last two such matchups.
• In comeback games this season, Porky Pigmy Pyxies is now 2-2, including losses in their last two such matchups.